Jonathan Pasternak

Three areas of work run through the career of Jonathan Pasternak: corporate reorganization, distressed debt, and commercial real estate. A distressed debt and commercial real estate advisor and consultant, he brings more than thirty years of experience managing complex financial transactions to each of them, and in each he has relied on the same pairing of financial analysis and legal strategy. Working in either a legal or an advisory capacity, he has built mutually favorable relationships with companies, lenders, investors, fiduciaries, and other professionals.

The first area, corporate reorganization and restructuring, has been his primary specialization across a 36-year career. Jonathan Pasternak has represented hundreds of individual and corporate clients in a wide range of industries, focused on the reorganization and restructuring of private and public companies. That work has included debtor and creditor representation, workouts, recapitalizations, asset sales, and complex court-supervised proceedings. His clients have included business owners, institutional stakeholders, and court-appointed representatives tasked with overseeing financially distressed companies. Over time, he built a career in stabilization and restructuring, with matters handled both in and out of court-supervised proceedings.

Distressed debt is the second area. Across his 36 years in restructuring and distressed debt, he has consistently applied financial analysis and legal strategy, keeping business objectives and circumstances in focus whether a matter moved through formal proceedings or ended in a negotiated resolution. In financially distressed environments where legal judgment and business evaluation are often intertwined, he has been called on to negotiate between multiple stakeholder groups, conduct detailed financial reviews, and carefully navigate court procedure, always with the goal of helping others.

Commercial real estate and finance form the third. Never restricted to court-supervised matters, Jonathan has extensive experience with distressed property issues, debt restructuring tied to real estate and business asset portfolios, and transaction-driven reorganizations. Commercial real estate, distressed debt, and finance-driven restructurings have remained a steady commitment for him over the years.

Firm leadership has been a part of his work in its own right. For more than 20 years, Jonathan Pasternak managed his own boutique law firm focused on restructuring and reorganization matters, directly leading its operations while maintaining an active and voluminous caseload. He worked closely with clients, interested parties, other professionals, and court institutions through reorganizations and court-supervised proceedings. Running a specialized firm for two decades required considerable operational oversight, astuteness in client advisory work, leadership, and matter-level strategy, and it strengthened his skills as both a practitioner and an organizational leader in the restructuring field.

That body of work has drawn recognition from peers and professional organizations. In 2017, he was named the YJP Professional of the Year for his long-term contributions to restructuring initiatives, among other notable accolades, and he was a Super Lawyer for more than 15 consecutive years. His many leadership roles have earned him considerable industry recognition. He has lectured at numerous industry conferences and at his former secondary and law schools, and he has been routinely sought for interviews and quotes on large-scale restructurings, appearing on radio and television throughout his career.